How to open a tin can with a knife and hands: simple ways

Canned food – an indispensable product during a hike, fishing or hunting. They are durable, do not require special storage conditions and operation. But it often happens that with them there is no special device to open a tin can. There are other opening methods for this, which are described below.

How to open canned food without an opener

2 How to open a tin can without a knife

3How to open a tin can with your hands

4How to open a tin can with a spoon

5Video instruction, how to open a can without a knife

How to open canned food without an opener

Sometimes there are situations when there is nothing left but to open the canned food without a knife or other devices, because they are not at hand. In such a situation, you have to open the can with your hands. It should be noted that the success of this event depends on the physical strength of the person. On the other hand, if hunger was in the forest, where food is only food in a tin can, even a physically not very developed person can marvel at his ability to open it with his bare hands. For this you need:

Pre-jar should be placed in a plastic bag, so as not to cut yourself and the contents did not spill out when it opened.

Take a jar in a horizontal position, with the fingers of both hands try to make a dent in the middle of its side surface. It is necessary to press on the edges so that the bank is bent.

From the opposite side of the can make exactly the same dents.

After that, with two hands, you need to take the bottom of the can, and begin to make counter-translational movements until the can is cracked in this place, after which it can be broken into two parts.

If the jar is not high, but flat, then the principle of opening it is similar: you need to make two or three dents on the two sides, then alternately squeeze them until a crack appears in the fold between them. When it becomes large enough, the jar can be broken into two parts and take out the contents.

How to open a tin can with a spoon

Another existing way to open a tin can without an opener is to use a stainless steel tablespoon, since aluminum is too soft. To do this, fix the jar with one hand so that it does not slip out. The second hand with a spoon you need to press on the jar in the place where there is a notch on the lid near the tin edge. In this place the metal is quite thin, and after a while a gap is formed here. By pushing and widening the slit over the entire diameter of the lid, you can lift and remove it.

The second method is more labor-intensive: you should rub the spoon on the edge of the canned food until a gap is formed, after which it is necessary to walk it over the entire diameter of the circle.